Kimberlite Terminology and Classification B. H. Scott Smith, T. E. Nowicki, J. K. Russell, K. J. Webb, R. H. Mitchell, C. M. Hetman, M. Harder, E. M. W. Skinner, and Jv. A. Robey
The Victor Diamond Mine, Northern Ontario, Canada: Successful Mining of a Reliable Resource B. D. Wood, B. H. Scott Smith, and B. Rameseder
Geology of the K1 and K2 Kimberlite Pipes at Murowa, Zimbabwe Stephen Moss, Kimberley Webb, Casey Hetman, and Ammiel Manyumbu
How Structure and Stress Influence Kimberlite Emplacement W. Barnett, H. Jelsma, M. Watkeys, L. Freeman, and A. Bloem

Paragenesis and Oxygen Isotopic Studies of Serpentine in Kimberlite Roger H. Mitchell
Wyoming Craton Mantle Lithosphere: Reconstructions Based on Xenocrysts from Sloan and Kelsey Lake Kimberlites I. V. Ashchepkov, H. Downes, R. Mitchell, N. V. Vladykin, H. Coopersmith and S. V. Palessky
Contrasting Garnet Lherzolite Xenolith Suites from the Letšeng Kimberlite Pipes: Inferences for the Northern Lesotho Geotherm N. P. Lock and J. B. Dawson
Tectonic Relationships Between E-Type Cratonic and Ultra-High-Pressure (UHP) Diamond: Implications for Craton Formation and Stabilization H. H. Helmstaedt
Deep-Seated Xenoliths from the Brown Breccia of the Udachnaya Pipe, Siberia I. V. Ashchepkov, T. Ntaflos, S. S. Kuligin, E. V. Malygina, A. M. Agashev, A. M. Logvinova, S. I. Mityukhin, N. V. Alymova, N. V. Vladykin, S. V. Palessky and O. S. Khmelnikova

Bereits drei Jahre nach ihrem Erscheinen war die 6. Auflage des „Matthes“ vergriffen und der Verlag drängte auf die Vorbereitung einer Neuauflage. Das bot die Gelegenheit, den Inhalt des Lehrbuchs gründlich zu überarbeiten und an den modernen Wissensstand anzupassen. Die bewährte Gliederung in die Hauptteile „Spezielle Mineralogie“, „Petrologie und Lagerstättenkunde“ sowie „Stoffbestand und Bau von Erde und Mond“ blieb dabei erhalten. Allerdings schien es angezeigt, einige sehr umfangreiche Kapitel aufzuteilen, so dass das Buch jetzt aus 30 Kapiteln besteht. Die „Mineralogie“ wurde an vielen Stellen inhaltlich erweitert; zahlreiche neue Abbildungen kamen hinzu; dem stehen Streichungen veralteter Passagen und Straffungen des Textes gegenüber. <...>

Geologically, the Carpathian Range is the continuation of the Eastern Alps towards the East forming an arching bow-shaped mountain chain of 1,500 km in length that extends through several countries, (i.e. the Czech Republic. Slovakia, Poland. Hungary, Ukraine, and Romania). From a mineralogical viewpoint, the Carpathians, with its more than 1,000 mineral species, is an extremely interesting area. Its geological formations vary in ages and compositions. The structural evolution is highly complicated. It has also been a traditional mining area since prehistoric times. More than fifty valid mineral species were first described from this region (karpatite. koktaite, libethenite, native tellurium, pilsenite, rozenite. rhodochrosite.  etc.). Some very rare species, originally discovered in other parts of the world, also occur here (cymrite, hetaerolite. nambulite, segnitite, capgaronnite, etc.). <...>

Many new mineral species have been documented in Arizona since the third edition of Mineralogy of Arizona was published in 1995. This new edition adds to the extensive work of the previous authors, who built the foundation on which this new effort rests. This edition is dedicated to these men: John Anthony, Sidney Williams, and Richard Bideaux.The field of mineralogy has undergone many changes since the third edition.

Систематизированы данные о минералогии микрокристаллов алмаза из коренных пород и россыпей разных алмазоносных провинций, приведен атлас микрокристаллов алмаза, графита и минеральных включений в алмазе, иллюстрирующий различные аспекты их кристаллогенезиса. Проанализированы индикаторные признаки микрокристаллов алмаза из алмазеодержащих пород разных генетических типов. Особое внимание уделено морфологии микрокристаллов алмаза и графита, способам и механизмам их роста, особенностям конституции. Рассмотрены вопросы морфогенезис а минералов-спутников алмаза в кимберлитах. Предложены критерии прогноза и поиска месторождений алмаза разных генетических типов.
Для геологов, минералогов и кристаллографов, а также специалистов других областей науки и техники, занимающихс я поисками и изучением алмаза, его синтезом.

Advances in nanotechnology over the past decade have made scanning electron microscopy (SEM) an indispensable and powerful tool for analyzing and constructing new nanomaterials. Development of nanomaterials requires advanced techniques and skills to attain higher quality images, understand nanostructures, and improve synthesis strategies.

Среди полезных ископаемых алмаз занимает особое положение и как драгоценный камень, и как один из важнейших минералов технического прогресса. Более пяти тысячелетий человечество знает алмаз, но еще много таинственного хранит в себе этот волшебный минерал с уникальными свойствами кристаллов. Разгадке некоторых тайн алмаза посвящается настоящая книга.

The present textbook has been prepared in compliance with the course in mineralogy set by the university curriculum. The first part contains a traditional crystallochemical characterization of minerals. Information on the types of crystalline structure and structural motifs of minerals has been supplemented by a discussion of polymorphic modifications and polytypes. A special section dealing with structural imperfections (defects) has also been introduced. Phenomena pertaining to isomorphism, resolution of solid solutions have received due prominence together with the role of water in the composition of minerals. The graphical representation of the chemical composition of minerals and the calculation of crystallochemical formulae have been illustrated. The description of physical properties is discussed in terms of their nature, the methods of their analysis and the importance for diagnostic purposes, in prospecting, the enrichment of ores, technology, etc. <...>

The clay minerals are small hydrous layer silicates and are part of the phyllosilicate family. As discussed in Chapter 11, many of the hydrous layer silicates in clays, muds, soils, shales, slates, etc. are coarser than clay (< 2 or < 4 pm). Primarily for this reason I have suggested (Weaver, 1980) using the term physil, which has no size connotation, to refer to the low-temperature ( 5 400°C) hydrous layer silicates.